East Alabama Warning

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
332 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
SOUTHERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…
NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 330 PM CDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF
NEWELL…OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OXFORD…AND MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
NEWELL BY 355 PM CDT…
GRAHAM AND RANBURNE BY 400 PM CDT…

WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BREAK LARGE TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME
DAMAGE…ESPECIALLY TO SMALLER STRUCTURES.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED… ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE…SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER…
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

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